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‘Shame and disgust’: Stamford Hill residents launch campaign to clean up ‘unsanitary’ streets
Member of residents’ group Stamford Hill Unites says dumped waste is becoming an ‘increasing problem’
Read MorePro-Palestinian protesters camped outside Town Hall vow to stay ‘until council divests’
Campaigners, who have already spent two weeks in their tents, are prepared for the long haul if their demands are not met
Read More‘We are all one’: Dalston Curve Garden features in London-wide exhibition inspired by refugees
Artist Kate Daudy has teamed up with the UN Refugee Agency to plant felt flowers across the capital
Read MoreCouncil block built on former community garden in Clapton wins architecture prize
Chowdhury Walk impressed RIBA judges with its ‘elegant’ design and environmentally-conscious construction
Read More‘Voice of reason’: London Fields councillor Lee Laudat-Scott appointed Deputy Speaker
New Speaker Sheila Suso-Runge welcomes Laudat-Scott and says he’ll be a ‘great partner’
Read MoreLabour councillor Sheila Suso-Runge named Speaker of Hackney
Mayor Woodley was among those to pay tribute – though her speech was eerily similar to Suso-Runge’s own 2022 campaign profile
Read MoreCouncillors hit out at ‘lily-livered’ Labour in first press conference since quitting party
Three newly independent councillors addressed pro-Palestinian protesters outside the Town Hall this morning
Read MoreThree Hackney councillors dramatically quit Labour to form independent group
Cllrs Claudia Turbet-Delof, Penny Wrout and Fliss Premru say they can ‘no longer in good conscience continue campaigning for Labour’
Read MoreDawn Carter-McDonald to be appointed as chief executive of Hackney Council
Carter-McDonald has filled the role temporarily for the past 10 months
Read MorePetition to salvage plans for wild swimming park in East London reaches 10,000 signatures
Campaigners are trying to save the site from being turned into a ‘secure children’s home’
Read MoreMental health charity to open beautiful garden ‘sanctuary’ in Homerton
Core Landscapes, part of Core Arts, is inviting residents to a big launch event on 8 June
Read MoreCritics round on Woodberry Down plans as next phase narrowly wins approval
A Labour schism meant plans for more than 500 new homes passed by a hair
Read More‘Source of inspiration’: Civil rights icon James Baldwin to get blue plaque in Dalston
The author and activist will be commemorated at the Hackney CVS building on Dalston Lane, which he visited two years before his death in 1987
Read MorePro-Palestinian protestors descend on Town Hall to demand end to Israeli weapons investment and Haifa twinning
Amid ongoing conflict in Gaza, local protestors call on Hackney Council to cease funding and axe relationship
Read MoreResearchers are on the hunt for stories about the Old Fire Station in Stoke Newington
A project team at the iconic community venue is hosting an open day next week – and they’d love to hear people’s memories of the place
Read MoreLabour’s Sem Moema re-elected as Assembly Member for north-east London
Moema took more than 50 per cent of the vote in a dominant performance
Read MoreHackney set for fifth by-election in two years as another Labour councillor quits
Yvonne Maxwell is yet to speak out about her resignation, but said she was ‘free at last’ on social media
Read MoreTown Hall stands by consultation process as children’s centre campaigners ramp up legal threat
Parents fighting to save two centres from closure send council a letter before claim
Read MoreResidents on troubled estate slam ‘shoddy’ response from council chief
People living at Pitcairn House welcome apology from Dawn Carter-McDonald, but say they feel ‘gaslighted’
Read MoreHackney MP defends mayor and council over plans to shut two children’s centres
Hackney South Meg Hillier met with parents at Sebright, one of the centres under threat
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